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 click for details | | THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD: Instruction in the Christian Religion according to the Reformed Confession HERMAN BAVINCK (1854–1921), Introduction by R. Carlton Wynne **LIMITED QUANTITY AT THIS LOW PRICE** **JUST 1 COPY STILL IN STOCK*** 110 years after its original publication, The Wonderful Works of God remains one of the finest single-volume systematic theologies ever written. Adapting the magisterial systematic theology found in his four-volume Reformed Dogmatics, this is perhaps Bavinck’s most eminently practical work – a single, accessible volume for the college classroom and the family bookshelf. Previously published in America as Our Reasonable Faith, this book has had a deep and lasting influence on the growth and development of Reformed theology. It is the publisher’s hope that in its new form, this book continues to astonish readers with the wonderful works of God, and provide a deeper knowledge of their triune God. Included in this new, hardcover edition: A new, insightful Introduction by R. Carlton Wynne Updated typesetting of the classic Zylstra translation The translator’s 1956 Preface Bavinck’s original Foreword, previously unavailable in English A comprehensive, student-friendly scripture and subject index TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword I. Man’s Highest Good II. The Knowledge of God III. General Revelation IV. The Value of General Revelation V. The Manner of Special Revelation VI. The Content of Special Revelation VII. The Holy Scriptures VIII. Scripture and Confession IX. The Being of God X. The Divine Trinity XI. Creation and Providence XII. The Origin, Essence, and Purpose of Man XIII. Sin and Death XIV. The Covenant of Grace XV. The Mediator of the Covenant XVI. The Divine and Human Nature of Christ XVII. The Work of Christ in His Humiliation XVIII. The Work of Christ in His Exaltation XIX. The Gift of the Holy Spirit XX. The Christian Calling XXI. Justification XXII. Sanctification XXIII. The Church of Christ XXIV. Eternal Life Indexes ENDORSEMENTS “The reappearance of this volume is most welcome. As Bavinck’s own abridgement of his monumental Reformed Dogmatics, it not only serves as an important and helpful introduction to that larger work but also provides brief and valuable treatments in their own right of the matters dealt with in its twenty-four chapters. Here is a book that belongs in the libraries of every church, pastor, teacher, and student of theology.” -Richard B. Gaffin, Jr., Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology Emeritus, Westminster Theological Seminary “Bavinck’s Magnalia Dei is much more than a helpful abridgement of his four-volume Reformed Dogmatics. All the topics of the larger work are here but Bavinck recasts Christian doctrine in an intentionally biblical-theological, pastoral-pedagogical mode that reads devotionally, speaking directly to the heart as well as the mind. Bavinck, the master teacher, takes readers into the full range of rich Reformed theology but in a manner that makes it accessible to all. No specialized training is needed to understand and appreciate this work—a great introduction to the Reformed tradition for church study groups and college classes.” -John Bolt, Jean and Kenneth Baker Professor of Systematic Theology Emeritus, Calvin Theological Seminary “Herman Bavinck gave the modern church a theology of the living God. His four-volume Reformed Dogmatics is an abiding treasure for pastors and theologians. The Wonderful Works of God is more than an abridged version of Reformed Dogmatics—it is a fresh restatement of the same truths clothed in plain language for popular use. May God use it to infuse scriptural, Reformed Christianity into the heads and hearts of many people.” -Joel R. Beeke, President, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary “Herman Bavinck’s theology has been the fountainhead of Reformed thinking for over a century. His four-volume Dogmatics, recently translated into English, is a huge blessing to the church. Now his shorter theology, The Wonderful Works of God, is available in English again, in a new edition with study helps, and I could not be happier. This should be the anchor of every theological library.” -John Frame, Professor of Systematic Theology and Philosophy Emeritus, Reformed Theological Seminary “Reading Bavinck is like listening to one of those fine, rare sermons that manages to be biblically rich, theologically sophisticated, spiritually uplifting—and clear. This fresh, new edition is a wonderful gift to the church, making the riches of Bavinck accessible for a wider audience to enjoy.” -Michael Reeves, President and Professor of Theology, Union School of Theology Herman Bavinck (1854-1921) succeeded Abraham Kuyper as Professor of Theology at the Free University of Amsterdam. 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 click for details | | INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT LOUIS BERKHOF Introduction to the New Testament is designed for students and general readers, and directs its readers toward a greater appreciation for New Testament writings. This book includes an extended analysis of literature on the New Testament, including Berkhof’s own appraisal of the most influential 19th century New Testament scholars. Although Berkhof’s subject is the Bible, his pursuit is unapologetically theological: he aims to explain why the church reads and honors the New Testament as the Word of God, and to vindicate the claims of the canonical books against the criticism of modernist skeptics. Louis Berkhof (1873–1957) was a Reformed theologian who taught at Calvin Theological Seminary and served as its president from 1931–1944. Berkhof’s writings presented Reformed thought in the tradition of John Calvin, Abraham Kuyper, and Herman Bavinck. He was known for his commitment to orthodoxy and his writings remain highly influential. Title: Introduction to the New Testament Author: Louis Berkhof Series: Lexham Classics Publisher: Lexham Press Publication Date: 2017 Pages: 288 Format: Paperback Trim Size: 6x9 ISBN: 9781577997948 LP3 dtdm 1212 lb4 319 THIS IS A VERY NICE PAPERBACK VOLUME SGCB Price: $12.00 (list price $15.00) |
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 | | REFORMED DOGMATICS: The Complete Four Volume Set Herman Bavinck In partnership with the Dutch Reformed Translation Society, Baker Academic is proud to offer in English for the very first time the fourth and final volume of Herman Bavinck's complete Reformed Dogmatics, now also available as a four-volume set. This volume includes the combined indexes for all four volumes. In addition, editor John Bolt introduces each chapter and has enhanced the footnotes and bibliography. This masterwork will appeal not only to scholars, students, pastors, and laity interested in Reformed theology but also to research and theological libraries. "Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics has been the fountainhead of Reformed theology for the last hundred years. It is by far the most profound and comprehensive Reformed systematic theology of the twentieth century. The reader will be amazed by Bavinck's erudition, creativity, and balance. Bavinck is confessionally orthodox, but he recognizes the need to rethink the traditional formulations from Scripture in the context of contemporary discussion. I hope these volumes will have a large readership and will bring forth much theological and spiritual fruit."--John M. Frame, professor of systematic theology and philosophy, Reformed Theological Seminary "Bavinck's Dutch masterwork was the Everest of which the textbooks by Louis Berkhof and Auguste Leoerf were foothills and Berkouwer's studies in dogmatics were outliers. Like Augustine, Calvin, and Edwards, Bavinck was a man of giant mind, vast learning, ageless wisdom and great expository skill. Solid but lucid, demanding but satisfying, broad and deep and sharp and stabilizing, Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics remains after a century the supreme achievement of its kind."--J. I. Packer, professor of theology, Regent College "Despite all the important contributions that Dutch Calvinists have made to North American Protestantism, Herman Bavinck remains an obscure figure, lagging behind the influential Abraham Kuyper. With the translation and republication of Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics, this unfortunate situation should change for the better. These four volumes demonstrate the importance and mastery of Bavinck's own contribution to Reformed theology, while providing a useful and striking point of comparison with the best-known twentieth-century Reformed dogmatics, that of Karl Barth. At a time when the scholastic nature of systematic theology has come under serious criticism, Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics reveals the advantage of careful and sustained reflection on Christian truth that is both faithful to the church and engaged with the academy. Readers will discover more than Bavinck the theologian in these volumes; they will learn about the God whom he worshiped and served."--D. G. Hart, author of The Lost Soul of American Protestantism BAKER BOOKS cw3 rdx hb3 l2o LDAY BDS CLST VOLUME ONE: PROLEGOMENA SGCB Price: $46.95 (list price $68.00)VOLUME TWO: GOD and CREATION SGCB Price: $46.95 (list price $68.00)VOLUME THREE: SIN and SALVATION IN CHRIST SGCB Price: $46.95 (list price $68.00)VOLUME FOUR: HOLY SPIRIT, CHURCH and NEW CREATION SGCB Price: $46.95 (list price $68.00)ORDER THE COMPLETE FOUR VOLUME SET AND SAVE EVEN MORE SGCB Price: $168.00 (list price $260.00)SAVE $92.00 |
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 click for details | | REFORMED ETHICS: Volume One - Created, Fallen, and Converted Humanity HERMAN BAVINCK NEW TITLE - BECAME AVAILABLE ON MAY 31, 2019 Authored by the acclaimed Calvinist scholar Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics is one of the most important theological works of the 20th century. This recently discovered companion work to his masterpiece mines the moral teachings of the early church, as well as medieval and Puritan spirituality, to offer Bavinck's mature reflections on ethical issues. 608 pages, hardcover from Baker. Herman Bavinck's four-volume Reformed Dogmatics is one of the most important theological works of the twentieth century. Leading Bavinck expert John Bolt edited that work, which has received wide acclaim. Now Bolt has edited a recently discovered manuscript from Bavinck, in print for the first time, which serves as a companion to Reformed Dogmatics. Reformed Ethics follows the same method and explores the ethical and spiritual dimensions of key doctrines beyond those of Reformed Dogmatics. It mines the moral teachings of the early church and medieval and Puritan spirituality while addressing a variety of topics, offering scholars, pastors, and students Bavinck's mature reflections on ethical issues. This book is the first of three planned volumes. Contents Introduction to Herman Bavinck's Reformed Ethics by Dirk van Keulen and John Bolt Introduction §1 Historical Overview of Christian Ethics §2 Terminology §3 Division and Organization of Ethic §4 Foundation and Method of Ethics Book I: Humanity before Conversion 1. Essential Human Nature §5 Human Beings, Created in God's Image §6 The Content of Human Nature §7 Human Relationships 2. Humanity under the Power of Sin §8 The Devastation of the Image of God in Humanity §9 The Organizing Principle and Classification of Sins 3. The Self against the Neighbor and God §10 Sins of Egoism in the Narrow Sense §11 Sins against the Neighbor §12 Sins against God 4. The Fallen Image of God §13 The Image of God in Fallen Human Beings 5. Human Conscience §14 The Conscience 6. The Sinner and the Law §15 The Law §16 Natural Morality Book II: Converted Humanity 7. Life in the Spirit §17 The Nature of the Spiritual Life §18 The Origin of the Spiritual Life §19 The First and Basic Activity of the Spiritual Life 8. Life in the Spirit in the Church's History §20 Mysticism, Pietism, and Methodism 9. The Shape and Maturation of the Christian Life §21 The Shape of the Christian Life: The Imitation of Christ §22 The Growth of the Spiritual Life 10. Persevering in the Christian Life §23 Security and Sealing 11. Pathologies of the Christian Life §24 Diseases of the Spiritual Life and Their Roots 12. Restoration and Consummation of the Christian Life §25 Means of Restoration §26 Consummation of the Spiritual Life; Meditation on Death Indexes "What a treasure! John Bolt has done the church a tremendous service in translating and editing this first volume of Bavinck's Reformed Ethics. It shares all the hallmarks we have come to associate with Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics, offering a formidable, astute account of the Reformed approach to ethics. We have long needed a work like this! Bavinck's Reformed Ethics offers pastors, students, theologians, ethicists--and Christians who would like to wrestle more deeply with the nature of the Christian life--a rich introduction to moral theology in all its contours. On the one hand, Bavinck sets forth a Christ-centered, Spirit-focused paradigm for ethics that accounts for the complexities of human nature amid the great story of creation, fall, and redemption. On the other hand, he manages to provide immensely practical and even devotional insights into dimensions of the Christian life that rarely receive the treatment they deserve, including the conscience, spiritual and moral pathologies, and practices of restoration and communion. I am grateful to have this tremendous resource in my hands, and I eagerly anticipate the next two volumes!" -Matthew J. Tuininga, assistant professor of moral theology, Calvin Theological Seminary hb3 lvs 319 svs l3 l2o bant hbre BRAND NEW VOLUME AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME (NOW AVAILABLE) SGCB Price: $38.95 (list price $60.00)THIS IS A 608 PAGE HARDCOVER VOLUME ORDER BOTH VOLUMES OF REFORMED ETHICS AND SAVE EVEN MORE SGCB Price: $75.00 (list price $120.00)ORDER BOTH VOLUMES ALONG WITH 'REFORMED DOGMATICS' (THE ONE VOLUME ABRIDGED EDITION) SGCB Price: $115.00 (list price $185.00)THIS IS THE PRICE FOR ALL THREE HARDCOVER VOLUMES |
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 click for details | | REFORMED ETHICS: Volume Two - The Duties of the Christian Life HERMAN BAVINCK edited by John Bolt VOLUME TWO JUST APPEARED IN LATE 2021 EXACTLY 100 YEARS AFTER BAVINCK'S DEATH IN 1921. Herman Bavinck's four-volume Reformed Dogmatics is one of the most important theological works of the twentieth century. The English translation was edited by leading Bavinck expert John Bolt, who now brings forth a recently discovered manuscript from Bavinck that is being published for the first time. Serving as a companion to Reformed Dogmatics, Reformed Ethics offers readers Bavinck's mature reflections on ethical issues. This book, the second of three planned volumes, covers the duties of the Christian life and includes Bavinck's exposition of the Ten Commandments. CONTINUED FROM VOLUME ONE Book III Humanity after Conversion 13. Duties, Precepts and Counsels, Adiaphora §27 The Doctrine (Theory) of Duty §28 Precepts and Counsels §29 Duties and the Permissible; Adiaphora 14. Collision and Classification of Duties §30 Collision of Duties §31 Classification of Duties Part A. Our Duties toward God 15. No Other Gods; No Images §32 The First Commandment §33 The Second Commandment 16. The Honor of God's Name §34 The Third Commandment 17. The Sabbath §35 The Fourth Commandment Part B. Our Duties toward Ourselves 18. General Bodily Duties to Self §36 General Duties (Self-Preservation) §37 Duties toward Bodily Life 19. Basic Necessities of Bodily Life §38 Food and Nourishment §39 Clothing 20. Bodily Duties to Our Souls §40 Our Duty to Life Itself §41 Attending to Bodily Life in the Seventh through Ninth Commandments §42 Duties toward the Soul Part C. Duties toward Our Neighbor 21. Loving Our Neighbor §43 Neighbor Love in General §44 Degrees of Neighbor Love (Fifth Commandment) §45 Concern for Our Neighbor's Life (Sixth Commandment) §46 Duties toward Our Neighbor's Chastity (Seventh Commandment) §47 Duties toward Our Neighbor's Property (Eighth Commandment) §48 Duties toward Our Neighbor's Reputation (Ninth Commandment) §49 Covetousness (Tenth Commandment) Indexes "For the last decade, a global readership has enjoyed the theological and historical richness of Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics. At the outset of that work, Bavinck set out that dogmatics is happiest in the company of its twin discipline, theological ethics. Dogmatics and ethics, respectively, show us why and how we should love God. For that reason, they belong together as 'related members of a single organism.' Since its release, Reformed Dogmatics has given a wide audience the chance to engage with a great Christian theologian on God and God's works of creation, salvation, and consummation. In Reformed Ethics, we are invited to think with Bavinck about the concreteness of human life in the light and strength of God's deeds for us. For that, we owe the editor and translators a great deal." -James Eglinton, Meldrum Lecturer in Reformed Theology, New College, University of Edinburgh; author of Bavinck: A Critical Biography "In addition to Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics, we now have the complementary Reformed Ethics. John Bolt and his accomplished team of translators and editors have added amazing value to Bavinck's recently rediscovered manuscripts in the field of moral theology. Their lucid translation, background studies, notes, and careful documentation of bibliographic sources used by Bavinck make this volume an invaluable background study on the history of theological ethics. Equally important, the book fills out our understanding of Bavinck the complete theologian. Working through it is an exhilarating eye-opener." -James A. De Jong, emeritus president and professor of historical theology, Calvin Theological Seminary "Ethics is no marginal relative of doctrine and theology, as the letters of Paul bear eloquent witness. The translation of Herman Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics has been of major significance, and now it is followed, appropriately, by his Reformed Ethics. It is wonderful that this work has been discovered, translated, and published. One of the great needs of our day is close attention to the 'theological' in theological ethics, and Bavinck does not disappoint in this respect, with his characteristic rigor and creativity. John Bolt and his colleagues have provided us with a fresh resource for theological and ethical reflection." -Craig G. Bartholomew, director of the Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology, Cambridge "What a treasure! John Bolt has done the church a tremendous service in translating and editing this first volume of Bavinck's Reformed Ethics. It shares all the hallmarks we have come to associate with Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics, offering a formidable, astute account of the Reformed approach to ethics. We have long needed a work like this! Bavinck's Reformed Ethics offers pastors, students, theologians, and ethicists--and Christians who would like to wrestle more deeply with the nature of the Christian life--a rich introduction to moral theology in all its contours. On the one hand, Bavinck sets forth a Christ-centered, Spirit-focused paradigm for ethics that accounts for the complexities of human nature amid the great story of creation, fall, and redemption. On the other hand, he manages to provide immensely practical and even devotional insights into dimensions of the Christian life that rarely receive the treatment they deserve, including the conscience, spiritual and moral pathologies, and practices of restoration and communion. I am grateful to have this tremendous resource in my hands!" -Matthew J. 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 click for details | | KNOWING SIN: Seeing a Neglected Doctrine Through the Eyes of the Puritans MARK JONES with Foreword by Rosaria Butterfield The first rule of combat is: know your enemy. We don't talk a lot about sin these days. But maybe we should. The Puritans sure did—because they understood sin's deceptive power and wanted to root it out of their lives. Shouldn't we want the same? Though many books have been written on the "doctrine of sin," few are as practical and applicable as this one. In Knowing Sin, Mark Jones puts his expertise in the Puritans to work by distilling the vast wisdom of our Christian forebears into a single volume that summarizes their thought on this vital subject. The result isn't a theological tome to sit on your shelf and gather dust, but a surprisingly relevant book to keep by your bedside and refer to again and again. You'll come to understand topics like: Sin's Origin Sin's Grief Sin's Thoughts Sin's Temptations Sin's Misery Sin's Secrecy and of course . . . Sin's Defeat! None of us is free from the struggle with sin. The question isn't whether we're sinful, it's what we're doing about it. Thanks be to God, there is a path to overcoming sin. And the first step on that path to victory is knowing what we're up against. Start Knowing Sin today! TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword 9 Introduction: Rock You Like a Hurricane 13 Chapter 1: Sin’s Origins: Sympathy for the Devil 15 Chapter 2: Sin’s Contagion: Born This Way 25 Chapter 3: Sin’s Privation: You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling 39 Chapter 4: Sin’s Vocabulary: Fade to Black 51 Chapter 5: Sin’s Remains: Hello Darkness, My Old Friend 61 Chapter 6: Sin’s Sorrow: Hard to Say I’m Sorry 73 Chapter 7: Sin’s Alternative: Hurts So Good 83 Chapter 8: Sin’s Secrecy: I Put a Spell on You 91 Chapter 9: Sin’s Presumption: Highway to Hell 101 Chapter 10: Sin’s Pride: Stand Tall 111 Chapter 11: Sin’s Selfishness: All You Need Is Love 121 Chapter 12: Sin’s Envy: Hey Jealousy 129 Chapter 13: Sin’s Unbelief: Losing My Religion 139 Chapter 14: Sin’s Manipulation: I Want to Break Free 149 Chapter 15: Sin’s Thoughts: You Were Always on My Mind 157 Chapter 16: Sin’s Temptations: I Want It All 167 Chapter 17: Sin’s Degrees: Little Lies 177 Chapter 18: Sin’s Omissions: Where Is the Love? 185 Notes 193 The author begins the first chapter titled 'Sins Origins' with these words- "The origin of sin is a fascinating but deadly serious discussion that should not be ignored by anyone wishing to understand themselves, this world, God, and the life to come. Not only Christians, but many outside of the faith recognize evil in this world and want to know where evil came from. The Dutch theologian G. C. Berkouwer (1903–96) observed regarding the presence of sin, “No real genius is needed to see life’s battered and mangled pieces before us, and no particular wisdom is required to appreciate how profoundly abnormal life can be.” Who, with even a cursory knowledge of world news and history, could possibly say all is (and has been) well and good? Those who believe in a purely materialistic universe naturally face the dilemma of whether we can even speak of objective good and evil. Christians, however, believe that God rightly called His completed work of creation “very good” (Gen. 1:31). We believe God righteously determines what is good and evil because He alone is truly good (Mark 10:18). When sin entered the world through Adam, creation became, in a sense, “very bad.” Another Dutch theologian, Herman Bavinck (1854–1921), remarked, “Sin ruined the entire creation, converting its righteousness into guilt, its holiness into impurity, its glory into shame, its blessedness into misery, its harmony into disorder, and its light into darkness.” When looking at the origin of sin we cannot appreciate its ruining effects unless contrasted with the original declaration by God Himself that what He had made was very good. In discussing sin, we must ask two fundamental questions: Whether it be so? and What is it?" mpn23 KNOWING SIN by Mark Jones SGCB Price: $10.00 (list price $16.00) |
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 | | SAVED BY GRACE: The Holy Spirit's Work in Calling and Regeneration Herman Bavinck, translated by Nelson Kloosterman In the late nineteenth century, two distinct reform movements coming out of the Dutch State Reformed Church (the Afscheiding of 1834 and the Doleantie of 1886) merged to form The Reformed Churches of the Netherlands (De Geereformeerde Kerken in Nederland). While both groups had much in common, there remained fundamental points of disagreement, which erupted into controversies over such doctrines as immediate regeneration and presumptive regeneration. In Saved by Grace, Herman Bavinck discusses God's gracious work in bringing fallen sinners to new life and salvation. He gives a careful historical analysis that shows how Reformed theologians have wrestled to understand and express the Holy Spirit's work in calling and regeneration since the seventeenth century. Bavinck also brings exegetical precision and theological clarity to the discussion, carefully avoiding the errors of undervaluing and overvaluing the use of means in work of salvation. This book, therefore, takes up questions with which every new generation of Reformed writers must grapple. l2o HBRE NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK SGCB Price: $15.00 (list price $20.00) |
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 click for details | | GOD WITH US: 365 Devotions on the Person and Work of Christ Compiled and Edited by Justin S. Holcomb Spend a year with classic Christian authors, theologians, and pastors Each engaging entry in this 365-day devotional will bring fresh insight to your time in God's Word. Selected from the works of classic Christian writers, this collection is focused on the person and work of Christ. It has been lightly edited for today's reader while maintaining the overall style and structure of the original material. Each day begins with a passage from Scripture that focuses on Jesus Christ, followed by a brief reflection from an author or theologian exploring the Scripture's significance. The devotions contain writings from John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon, J. C. Ryle, Herman Bavinck, B. B. Warfield, Martin Luther, Augustine, Cyril of Jerusalem, Athanasius, Gregory of Nazianzus, Thomas Aquinas, and more. Let 'God with Us' bring you a daily dose of powerful insights from classic writers while drawing you ever closer to our Lord and Savior. INTRODUCTION by Justin Holcomb "The goal of this devotional is to expand upon a simple yet elegant line from George Herbert that captures two essential features of the Christian teaching about Jesus Christ: 'In Christ two natures met to be thy cure.' The first is the person of Jesus Christ, who is fully God and fully man. At the Father’s bidding and by the power of the Holy Spirit, the Son assumed human nature at the incarnation: “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). The divine nature and human nature “met” in the one person of Jesus Christ. The second is the work of Christ. The Lord took on the form of a servant to be our “cure.” By subjecting himself to the frailties and temptations of our condition and yet remaining without sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, undoing the consequences of sin. In His incarnation, obedience, death, resurrection, ascension, and future return, Jesus Christ accomplished redemption. Let us ponder the astonishing truth that, as the Nicene Creed eloquently states, the Son of God “for us and for our salvation came down from heaven and became incarnate by the Holy Spirit and of the Virgin Mary, and was made man.” The Nicene Creed, the cornerstone of orthodox Christian belief, attaches saving significance not only to Christ’s death and resurrection but also to His incarnation and birth. This book celebrates that Jesus Christ is God with us and God for us. It explores the abundance, capacity, and immensity of Christ’s tender and powerful love for you. It explores His sovereign rule as Lord and King. We will see that the person and work of Christ have very personal implications for you. Those same implications are also comprehensive for all creation. The Lord delights in showing mercy to you, and He is making all things new. The selected texts in this devotional display the wonder of the person of Christ, the fullness of His marvelous works, and the tenderness of the very heart of God incarnate. These excerpts from classic Christian writers, theologians, and pastors have been gently edited to enhance their readability." SAMPLE READING: DAY TWO Scripture Text: Matthew 9:36-- When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. "Compassion is no doubt the emotion we would naturally expect to find most frequently attributed to Jesus, whose whole life was a mission of mercy, and whose ministry was so marked by deeds of generosity that it was summed up in the memory of His followers as a going through the land “doing good” (Acts 10:38). In fact, this is the emotion that is most frequently attributed to Him. The term compassion first appears in common use in this sense in the Synoptic Gospels. The divine mercy has been defined as that essential perfection in God “whereby He pities and relieves the miseries of His creatures.” It includes two parts: an internal movement of pity and an external act of kindness or generosity. It is the internal movement of pity that is emphasized when our Lord is said to be “moved with compassion,” as the term is sometimes excellently rendered in the English versions. In the appeals made to His mercy, a more external word is used; but it is this more internal word that is employed to express our Lord’s response to these appeals: the petitioners sought Him to take pity on them; His heart responded with a profound feeling of pity for them. His compassion fulfilled itself in outward acts; but what is emphasized by the term used to express our Lord’s response is the profound internal movement of His emotional nature. This emotional nature was aroused in our Lord as well by the sight of individual distress as by the spectacle of humanity’s universal misery. The sight of their desperate plight awakens our Lord’s pity and moves Him to provide the remedy." —B. B. WARFIELD, “On the Emotional Life of Our Lord,” in Biblical and Theological Studies (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1912) 40–42. JUSTIN S. HOLCOMB is an Episcopal minister and teaches theology at Reformed Theological Seminary and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He has written, co-authored, or edited more than twenty books on numerous topics including historical and systematic theology, sexual assault, domestic abuse, and biblical studies. Justin is a co-host of the White Horse Inn radio show and podcast. He has also written for Christianity Today, Leadership Journal, and Modern Reformation. bnt22 VERY NICE HARDCOVER VOLUME AT A GREAT PRICE SGCB Price: $14.99 (list price $22.00) |
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Warfield always drives me back to my Bible and to my knees in prayer and praise, as he always exalts the majesty of God in deep and profound ways." - Michael Gaydosh, Solid Ground SELECTED SHORTER WRITINGS: VOLUME ONE Table of Contents Part I 1. The Bible the Book of Mankind 2. Christianity and Revelation 3. Inspiration 4. Agnosticism 5. Atheism 6. God and Human Religion and Morals 7. Christianity and Our Times 8. How to Get Rid of Christianity 9. Great Babylon the Mother of Us All Part II 10. God 11. Godhead 12. The God of Israel 13. Antitrinitarianism 14. The Significance of the Confessional Doctrine of the Decree 15. Some Thoughts on Predestination 16. God's Providence Over All 17. Hosea vi. 7: Adam or Man? 18. The Bible's "Summum Bonum" Part III 19. The Principle of the Incarnation 20. John's First Word 21. The Deity of Christ 22. The Human Development of Jesus 23. Jesus Christ the Propitiation for the Whole World 24. The Resurrection of Christ a Historical Fact 25. The Resurrection of Christ a Fundamental Doctrine 26. On the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit Part IV 27. Children 28. Christ's 'Little Ones' 29. The Angels of Christ's 'Little Ones' 30. New Testament Terms Descriptive of the Great Change 31. Repentance and Original Sin 32. 'Justification by Faith, Out of Date' 33. Election 34. True Church Unity: What It Is 35. The Foundations of the Sabbath in the Word of God 36. Christian Baptism 37. The Fundamental Significance of the Lord's Supper 38. The Old Testament and Immortality 39. The Gospel and the Second Coming 40. Antichrist Part V 41. Faith and Life 42. Our Seminary Curriculum 43. The Purpose of the Seminary 44. Singing and Believing 45. Is the Shorter Catechism Worth While? 46. In Behalf of Evangelical Religion 47. What Is Calvinism? 48. What Fatalism Is 49. Calvin and the Bible 50. Calvin and the Reformation 51. A Brief and Untechnical Statement of the Reformed Faith 52. The Religious Life of Theological Students Part VI 53. Arthur Lincoln Frothingham 54. Frederic Godet the Commentator 55. Dr. Charles Hodge as a Teacher of Exegesis 56. Dr. Charles Augustus Aiken 57. Dr. Abraham Kuyper 58. Dr. George Tybout Purves 59. Dr. William Miller Paxton SELECTED SHORTER WRITINGS: VOLUME. 2 Table of Contents Part I 1. The Century's Progress in Biblical Knowledge 2. Introductory Note to John H. Kerr's Introduction to the Study of the Books of the New Testament 3. Some Characteristics of the Book of Acts 4. The Canonicity of Second Peter 5. The Book of Revelation Part II 6. Introduction to Francis R. Beattie's Apologetics 7. A Review of Herman Bavinck's De Zekerheid des Geloofs 8. Christian Evidences: How Affected by Recent Criticisms 9. Darwin's Arguments Against Christianity and Against Religion 10. St. Paul's Use of the Argument from Experience 11. Dream 12. The Question of Miracles Part III 13. Theology a Science 14. Christianity the Truth 15. The Right of Systematic Theology 16. The Indispensableness of Systematic Theology to the Preacher 17. Recent Reconstructions of Theology 18. A Review of James Denney's Studies in Theology 19. A Review of John Miley's Systematic Theology 20. Regeneration 21. Sanctification 22. How Shall We Baptize? 23. The Posture of the Recipients at the Lord's Supper 24. The Confession of Faith as Revised in 1903 25. Calvinism 26. The Ritschlian School Part IV 27. Incarnate Truth 28. Spiritual Culture in the Theological Seminary 29. Some Perils of Missionary Life 30. Africa and the Beginnings of Christian Latin Literature Part V 31. The Authority and Inspiration of the Scriptures 32. The Divine and Human in the Bible 33. The New Testament Use of the Septuagint, and Inspiration 34. The Westminster Doctrine of Holy Scriptures 35. The Westminster Doctrine of Inspiration 36. The Inerrancy of the Original Autographs 37. The Westminster Confession and the Original Autographs 38. The Rights of Criticism and of the Church 39. 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 | | THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY A Fresh Translation of a Classic Reformed Work Herman Bavinck, Translated by Nelson D. Kloosterman A century ago when this book was first published, marriage and the family were already weathering enormous changes, and that trend has not abated. Yet by God's power the unchanging essence of marriage and the family remains proof, as Bavinck notes, that God's "purpose with the human race has not yet been achieved." Neither a ten-step guide nor a one-sided approach, this book embodies a Christian theology of marriage and the family. Accessible, thoroughly biblical, and astonishingly relevant, it offers a mature and concise handling of the origins of marriage and family life and the effects of sin on these institutions, an appraisal of historic Christian approaches, and an attempt to apply that theology. Aptly reminding Christians that "the moral health of society depends on the health of family life," Bavinck issues an evergreen challenge to God's people: "Christians may not permit their conduct to be determined by the spirit of the age, but must focus on the requirement of God's commandment." Introduction by James Eglinton "Those who know and love Herman Bavinck as the magisterial theologian and author of the Reformed Dogmatics, will enjoy the change of pace in this biblically rich and historically aware theology of marriage and family. While they might not share all of Bavinck's applications, contemporary readers will be rewarded by a sympathetic reading. They will be challenged on precisely the issues that threaten the family today because Bavinck applied biblical wisdom to his own prescient reading of trends in Western culture and society. They will also be encouraged because Bavinck so obviously loved the family and celebrated it in hope. A great read for those who are married or contemplating marriage and family." John Bolt, Professor of Systematic Theology, Calvin Theological Seminary, Editor, Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics "Who should read this book? Those who are tired of the micromanaging trivia of so much of the output of the reformed evangelical 'how to raise your family' industry? Those who are fed up of the cliched writing that dominates the genre today? Those who want insights into how a truly great theologian understood the family? Those who just want some simple, sanctified Christian common sense instead of banal how-to manuals pretending to be pious wisdom? All of the above. This is a good, solid presentation, a little dated in places but on the whole well-worth reading." - Carl R. Trueman TABLE OF CONTENTS 1- The Origin of the Family 2- The Disruption of the Family 3- The Family Among the Nations 4- The Family in Israel 5- The Family in the New Testament 6- Dangers Confronting the Family 7- Marriage and Family 8- Family and Nurture 9- Family and Society 10- The Future of the Family Herman Bavinck (1854-1921), born the second of eleven children, was a husband, father, pastor, professor, and the author of many books, including his four-volume magnum opus, Reformed Dogmatics (Gereformeerde Dogmatiek). As a Dutch Reformed theologian he engaged the fields of politics, philosophy, and education and was a key figure along with Abraham Kuyper in the Union of the Reformed Churches in 1892. Puritan family classics BRAND NEW TITLE SGCB Price: $10.50 (list price $12.00) |
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| | RUINED SINNERS TO RECLAIM: Sin and Depravity in Historical, Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspective Edited by David Gibson, Jonathan Gibson, Foreword by Michael Horton Examining the Doctrine of Human Depravity in Scripture and throughout Church History For centuries, theologians have debated the doctrine of total depravity—the belief that people are wholly and naturally corrupt due to original sin. Reformed theology upholds this truth, acknowledging it to be essential for understanding the gospel and humanity’s need for a Savior. 'Ruined Sinners to Reclaim' persuasively reaffirms the doctrine of total depravity from biblical, historical, theological, and pastoral perspectives, drawing on the debates of theologians throughout church history. Edited by David and Jonathan Gibson, this book features contributions from respected theologians—including Michael A. G. Haykin, Gray Sutanto, Garry Williams, Mark Jones, Daniel Strange, and R. Albert Mohler Jr.—to help readers understand the reality of our sinful nature, its debilitating effects, and the Holy Spirit’s role in salvation. This is the second book in the Doctrines of Grace series, which explores the central points of the Canons of Dort, providing a framework for understanding each doctrine in all its historical, biblical, theological, and pastoral richness. TABLE OF CONTENTS Tables and Diagrams Foreword (Michael Horton) Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Contributors Introduction Chapter 1: “Salvation Belongs to the Lord” - Mapping the Doctrine of the Total Depravity of Human Creatures by David Gibson and Jonathan Gibson PART 1: SIN AND DEPRAVITY IN CHURCH HISTORY Chapter 2: “Rivers of Dragons and Mouths of Lions and Dark Forces” - Sin in the Patristic Tradition by Michael A. G. Haykin Chapter 3: “Give What You Command, and Then Command Whatever You Will” -Augustine, Pelagius, and the Question of Original Sin by Bradley G. Green Chapter 4: Ruined Sinners in a Pseudo-Augustinian Treatise on Predestination by Francis X. Gumerlock Chapter 5: The Bondage of the Will - Luther versus Erasmus by Mark D. Thompson Chapter 6: “Whatever Remains Is a Horrible Deformity” - Sin in Early to Post-Reformation Theology by Raymond A. Blacketer Chapter 7: Sin and the Synod of Dort by Lee Gatiss Chapter 8: “By a Divine Constitution” - Old Princeton and the Imputation of Adam’s Sin by Ryan M. McGraw Chapter 9: “The Chief Evil of Human Life” - Sin in the Life and Thought of the English Particular Baptists, 1680s–1830s by Michael A. G. Haykin PART 2: SIN AND DEPRAVITY IN THE BIBLE Chapter 10: From Eden to Exile - The Story of Sin in Genesis–2 Kings by William M. Wood Chapter 11: The Folly, Mystery, and Absurdity of Sin in the Wisdom Literature by Stephen M. Coleman Chapter 12: Breaching the Covenant - Sin in the Prophets by William M. Wood Chapter 13: “If You, Then, Who Are Evil” - Sin in the Synoptic Gospels and Acts by Douglas Sean O’Donnell Chapter 14: “Everyone Who Practices Sin Is a Slave to Sin” - Sin in the Johannine Literature by Murray J. Smith Chapter 15: “Wretched Man That I Am!” - Sin in the Pauline Epistles by Jonathan Gibson Chapter 16: “That None of You May Be Hardened by the Deceitfulness of Sin” - Sin in Hebrews, James, 1–2 Peter, and Jude by Brandon D. Crowe PART 3: SIN AND DEPRAVITY IN THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE Chapter 17: I and the Norm - Comparative Religions and Alternative Philosophies of Sin by Nathan D. Shannon Chapter 18: Whence This Evil? - Toward a Biblical Theodicy by James N. Anderson Chapter 19: Total Depravity and God’s Covenant with Adam (1) - A Case for the Covenant by Garry Williams Chapter 20: Total Depravity and God’s Covenant with Adam (2) - The Imputation of Adam’s Sin by Garry Williams Chapter 21: The Heart Wants What It Wants - A Protestant Assessment of the Doctrine of Concupiscence by Steven Wedgeworth Chapter 22: On Revelation and the Psychical Effects of Sin - Toward a Constructive Proposal by Nathaniel Gray Sutanto Chapter 23: Original Sin in Modern Theology - Charles Hodge and Herman Bavinck on Friedrich Schleiermacher by Nathaniel Gray Sutanto Chapter 24: "Incurvatus Est in Se" - Toward a Theology of Sin by Andrew Leslie Chapter 25: "Distinguished among Ten Thousand" - The Sinlessness of Christ by Mark Jones PART 4: SIN AND DEPRAVITY IN PASTORAL PRACTICE Chapter 26: Losing Our Religion - The Impact of Secularization on the Understanding of Sin by David F. Wells Chapter 27: An Apology for "Elenctics" - The Unmasking of Sin in the Retrieval of a Theological Discipline by Daniel Strange Chapter 28: Evangelizing Fallen People - Apologetics and the Doctrine of Sin by James N. Anderson Chapter 29: Counseling Fallen People - Applying the Truth of Sola Scriptura by Heath Lambert Chapter 30: Preaching to Sinners in a Secular Age by R. Albert Mohler Jr. Appendix: Scripture Versions Cited Select Bibliography Index of Biblical References Index of Names Index of Subjects ENDORSEMENTS “In 'Ruined Sinners to Reclaim', twenty-six gifted pastors and theologians have joined forces to bequeath the church a rich, fruitful, and comprehensive survey of the doctrine of total depravity from the perspectives of historical theology, biblical exegesis, systematic theology, and polemics. With sensitivity to the contours of our increasingly secular world, the authors demonstrate how our understanding of total depravity should impact our evangelism, counseling, and preaching in modern contexts. Above all, the authors lead us to the spotless Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. This magisterial work is one of the most definitive treatments of total depravity available in the Reformed tradition.” -Joel R. Beeke, Chancellor and Professor of Homiletics and Systematic Theology, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary; Pastor, Heritage Reformed Congregation, Grand Rapids, Michigan “As I read through the rich and deep chapters of 'Ruined Sinners to Reclaim,' I not only found myself instructed; I also found myself moved again and again by the goodness and grace of God in Christ toward ruined sinners such as I. This book helps us to look squarely at our pervasive depravity and inability to save ourselves from sin’s ruinous grip while also helping us to gaze in wonder and worship at God’s pervasive purity and his power to save.” -Nancy Guthrie, author; Bible teacher “Reading a book on total depravity might betray a morbid preoccupation with the subject—or worse, confirmation of its existence in the reader! Yet this outstanding collection of essays is a treasure trove for scholars and students alike. Canvassing the historical, biblical, theological, and pastoral dimensions of this much-neglected and much-misunderstood doctrine of Holy Scripture, the Gibson brothers have provided a perspicacious window into the importance of understanding the depth of our ruin, in order to appreciate the glory of our being reclaimed by Christ. From the opening comprehensive introduction by the editors to the closing pastoral chapters, this book is a richly woven tapestry of insights into the extent of our fallenness and the wonder of God’s redeeming grace.” -Glenn N. Davies, former Archbishop of Sydney “It was Seneca who said that if we desire to judge all things justly, we must first persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin. This excellent book—'Ruined Sinners to Reclaim'—does a superb job of persuading us about the complex nature of sin and the comprehensive salvation we find in Christ, and thus enables us to make thoughtful theological judgments for Christian ministry today. All sections, and many of the essays within, will supply good guidance for weary pilgrims through the Slough of Despond and onward toward the Celestial City.” -Mark Earngey, Head of Church History and Lecturer in Doctrine, Moore Theological College; author, Bishop John Ponet (1516–1556): Scholar, Bishop, Insurgent; coeditor, Reformation Worship “As with the first volume in the Doctrines of Grace series, 'Ruined Sinners to Reclaim' provides depth, breadth, and clarity to its chosen topic. Since, as Calvin rightly put it, nearly all the wisdom we possess consists in the knowledge of God and of ourselves, this volume on sin, its nature, and its effects provides rich and practical wisdom so that we might better know ourselves, and thus know God better, as it plumbs the depths of Scripture and the Reformed theology that naturally wells up from Scripture. There is no other volume available that so adeptly gives us a microscope into the human heart.” -K. 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Originally published in Dutch in 1901 and first translated into English in 1980, this new edition—beautifully rendered by Daniel Schrock with assistance from Albert Gootjes—captures the clarity, conviction, and theological depth of Herman Bavinck’s original work. With a fresh foreword by Sinclair Ferguson and a thoughtful introduction by Daniel Schrock, this edition invites a new generation of readers to rediscover a timeless classic—one you’ll want to revisit often and share widely. In a world marked by uncertainty, Bavinck’s insights offer enduring assurance rooted in Christ alone. ENDORSEMENTS “Two of the most important questions that a Christian believer can ask are, ‘How can I be sure that Christianity is true?’ and ‘How can I be sure that I am a Christian?’ In The Certainty of Faith, Herman Bavinck guides non-specialists through these questions with disarming simplicity and clarity. B. B. Warfield, who differed with some of Bavinck’s conclusions, rightly observed that in this work, as in all of Bavinck’s writings, “extensive learning, sound thinking, and profound religious feeling are smelted intimately together into a product of singular charm.” Dr. Daniel Schrock and Westminster Seminary Press, in this newly translated and annotated edition, have placed the Reformed church in their debt by making this classic work available once again to contemporary English-speaking audiences.” -Guy Waters, James M. Baird, Jr. Professor of New Testament, RTS, Academic Dean (Jackson, Brazil) “[In these pages] extensive learning, sound thinking, and profound religious feeling are smelted intimately together into a product of singular charm.” -B. B. Warfield “The Certainty of Faith is a multum in parvo (much in little). It is a book I usually included on seminary class reading lists on the doctrine of assurance, even though it was no longer in print. If, in terms of theological literature, we are living in gold rush days, some of the finest quality gold is to be mined in Herman Bavinck Hills! Dan Schrock and Westminster Seminary Press together have given us one more grace-gift from the prolific ministry of a truly great theologian.” -Sinclair Ferguson, From the foreword “Few topics are as frequently addressed in pastoral ministry as the quest for assurance of salvation. Its absence breeds anxiety, while its presence brings profound peace. Daniel Schrock has served the church well by translating Herman Bavinck’s seminal work on this very subject. This treatise is well worth your time to read, ponder, and meditate upon. Bavinck is no ivory tower theologian, nor is he a mere sentimentalist. Instead, he combines biblically grounded reasoning with a pastoral heart and a gentle touch. Truly, this is one of the most important works on the doctrine of assurance. Read it, and rejoice in the Christ who grants such precious gifts to His people in His person.” -Jason Helopoulos, Senior Pastor, University Reformed Church, East Lansing, Michigan “What a gem! The certainty of faith and the assurance of faith are interwoven superbly in brief compass. In this little book we meet Bavinck the pastor – it reads like a letter, or, better yet, a conversation. It will not only inform your mind but enlarge your heart to receive Christ with all his benefits.” -Michael Horton, J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California “Bavinck's book is a great classic Reformed text, biblical and edifying.” -John Frame “Everything that Herman Bavinck writes is a must-read, but The Certainty of Faith stands out amidst his large corpus. In this classic work, Bavinck sets the certainty that is grounded in divine revelation and which we receive by faith against the non-certainty of other means of knowledge. In contrast to our world that renders faith merely subjective and fanciful, Bavinck accounts for why faith is the highest expression of our response to our triune God and his revelation. This is must reading for all Christians as they think through the importance of saving faith and how it results in an unshakeable confidence in our covenant Lord in the face of Jesus Christ.” -Stephen Wellum, Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary “Herman Bavinck was a brilliant theologian-philosopher, unique for his capacity to combine the disciplines of theology, science, and philosophy into a coherent, constructive world-and-life-system (Weltanschauung) within the matrix of orthodox Calvinism. Living as we are in the post-Enlightenment age, many Christians (including those in the theological guild) are far more influenced by the skepticism of modernism and postmodernism than they are ready to admit. It is for this reason that such a refreshing corrective—in this profound treatise on the certainty of the Christian faith—is as necessary for the twenty-first century church as it was when Bavinck first penned it. Describing the nature of faith, which lays hold of God revealed in His Word as the ultimate authority for belief and life, Bavinck shows that true faith is an experiential reality that provides lasting peace for the believer in the face of pain, suffering, death, and uncertainty, for it satisfies the deepest longings of the human soul that science and scholarship (wetenschap) can never satisfy. Taking us back to a Reformational, almost premodern epistemology without discounting the value of modern science, Bavinck shows how God’s Word answers the ‘why’ questions that science, with its emphasis on the ‘what’ and ‘how,’ can never answer. Now presented afresh to the English-speaking world, this treatise is sure to become a staple in the growing corpus of ably-translated Bavinck literature that has blossomed, for good reason, in recent decades.” -Joel Beeke, Chancellor and Professor of Systematic Theology and Homiletics, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, and pastor of Heritage Reformed Congregation, Grand Rapids, Michigan TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD BY SINCLAIR FERGUSON . . . . . . . . . . . xvii INTRODUCTION BY DANIEL SCHROCK . . . . . . . . .. . xxi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxv PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . . . . . . . . . . . xxxix INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 CHAPTER 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 CHAPTER 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 CHAPTER 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 HB2025 BOT50 BRAND NEW EDITION IN OCTOBER 2025 SGCB Price: $11.50 (list price $18.00)PRICE REDUCED |
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 click for details | | ESSAYS ON RELIGION, SCIENCE & SOCIETY Herman Bavinck ESSAYS ON RELIGION, SCIENCE & SOCIETY by Herman Bavinck Herman Bavinck, the premier theologian of the Kuyper-inspired, neo-Calvinistic revival in the late-nineteenth-century Netherlands, is an important voice in the development of Protestant theology. Essays on Religion, Science, and Society is the capstone of his distinguished career. These seminal essays offer an outworking of Bavinck's systematic theology as presented in his Reformed Dogmatics and engage enduring issues from a biblical and theological perspective. The work presents his mature reflections on issues relating to ethics, education, politics, psychology, natural science and evolution, aesthetics, and philosophy of religion. This collection--Bavinck's most significant remaining untranslated work--is now available in English for the first time. Pastors, students, and scholars of Reformed theology will value this work. CONTENTS Herman Bavinck: A Eulogy by Henry Elias Dosker 1. Philosophy of Religion (Faith) 2. The Essence of Christianity 3. Theology and Religious Studies 4. Psychology of Religion 5. Christianity and Natural Science 6. Evolution 7. Christian Principles and Social Relationships 8. On Inequality 9. Trends in Psychology 10. The Unconscious 11. Primacy of the Intellect or the Will 12. Trends in Pedagogy 13. Classical Education 14. Of Beauty and Aesthetics 15. Ethics and Politics Appendix A: Foreword by C. B. Bavinck Appendix B: Theology and Religious Studies in Nineteenth-Century Netherlands Index Although all of these essays are more an 100 years old, it is quite amazing how applicable they are for today. Even those that (due to their subject matter) prove to be more dated, are quite significant in helping to understand history and where the world we live in today came from and how we can live in this world as Christians. Endorsements "I have long admired Bavinck as a major systematic theologian, but in these essays I discovered a Bavinck I never knew. He moves easily--and brilliantly--through adolescent psychology, conceptions of the unconscious, Islam, social contract theory, evolutionary thought, philology, and aesthetics, to name only a few of a broad set of topics. Here an amazing nineteenth-century Calvinist mind addresses with much wisdom a twenty-first-century intellectual agenda!"--Richard J. Mouw, president and professor of Christian philosophy, Fuller Theological Seminary "To read [these essays] is to be forcefully reminded that Bavinck was not merely a theologian in the narrow sense, but a broad Christian thinker active in the academy, the church, and the state. . . . The general strength of the book is simply Bavinck's example. Here is the record of a keen mind, an irenic spirit, and a methodical laborer, grounded in the Scriptures and applying it to a host of questions."--Cliff L. Blair, New Horizons rdx hb3 4/28/25 HB2025 THIS IS A 300+ PAGE HIGH QUALITY PAPERBACK EDITION SGCB Price: $22.00 (list price $32.00) |
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| | JOURNAL of the INSTITUTE of REFORMED BAPTIST STUDIES for 2016 & 2018 edited by Rich Barcellos WE NOW HAVE THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF The JOURNAL of the INSTITUTE of REFORMED BAPTIST STUDIES 2018. The Journal of the Institute of Reformed Baptist Studies (JIRBS) is published to explain and support the theology of Holy Scripture as it is summarized in the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith. The journal will be published annually. 246 pages Published 2016 Articles THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY IN THE CHURCH: Its Reasons, Duration and Goal, and Practical Effects (Ephesians 4:11-16), with Special Emphasis on verse 12 by Richard C. Barcellos BRING THEM TO THE WORD, NOT THE WATER: Pastoral Instructions for Fathers in the First and Second Century Church by Ryan Davidson THE COVENANTAL THEOLOGY OF JOHN SPILSBERYby Matthew C. Bingham THE STRANGE CASE OF THOMAS COLLIER by James M. Renihan THE CONSEQUENCES OF POSITIVE LAW: The Particular Baptists' Use of Inferential Reasoning in Theology by Samuel Renihan UNITY AND DISTINCTION: One God in Three Persons: Unity of Essence, Distinction of Persons, Implications for Life, A Review Article by Stefan T. Lindblad THE REGULATIVE PRINCIPLE OF WORSHIP: Contemporary Objections by Samuel E. Waldron Book Reviews Faith, Freedom and the Spirit: The Economic Trinity in Barth, Torrance and Contemporary Theology, Paul D. Molnar reviewed by James E. Dolezal Covenants Made Simple: Understanding GodÆs Unfolding Promises to His People, Jonty Rhodes reviewed by Pascal Denault Guaranteed Pure: The Moody Bible Institute, Business, and the Making of Modern Evangelicalism, Timothy E. W. Gloege reviewed by James M. Renihan Justification Reconsidered: Rethinking a Pauline Theme, Stephen Westerholm reviewed by Tom Hicks áThe Gospel Ministry, Thomas Foxcraft reviewed by Robert E. Cosby, III The Quest for the Historical Adam: Genesis, Hermeneutics, and Human Origins, William VanDoodewaard reviewed by Terry Clarke Their Rock is Not Like Our Rock: A Theology of Religions, Daniel Strange reviewed by John A. Divito 2018 JOURNAL TABLE OF CONTENTS Articles THE FIVE C’S OF IRBS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: Presidential Inauguration Address delivered on September 11, 2018 by James M. Renihan AN EXEGETICAL, CONTEXTUAL, AND BIBLICAL EXAMINATION OF “THE ISRAEL OF GOD” IN GALATIANS 6:16 by Ben Carlson THE FEASTS, NEW MOONS, AND SABBATHS OF COLOSSIANS 2:16 IN OLD TESTAMENT AND ANCIENT, NON-BIBLICAL LITERATURE: A Case for an Old Covenant Colloquialism by Timothy L. Decker METHODOLOGY AND HERMENEUTICS: The Importance and Relationship of Biblical Theology, Systematic Theology, and Typology in Covenant Theology by Samuel Renihan INTERPRETATIONS OF SABBATH REST IN THE EARLY CHURCH AND EARLY MEDIEVAL ERA by Jon English Lee DIVINE SONSHIP IN THE THEOLOGY OF B. B. WARFIELD AND HERMAN BAVINCK AND ITS THEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS by Graham J. Shearer Thomas Aquinas by K. Scott Oliphint: A Review Article by Paul Helm Book Reviews Covenant and God’s Purpose for the World, Thomas R. Schreiner, reviewed by Samuel Renihan Debating Perseverance: The Augustinian Heritage in Post-Reformation England, Jay T. Collier, reviewed by William Rosano The Crisis of British Protestantism: Church Power in the Puritan Revolution, 1638-44, Hunter Powell reviewed by Samuel Renihan JIRBS RBAPN jd2 THIS IS THE 2016 EDITION OF JIRBS SGCB Price: $12.00 (list price $18.00)246 PAGE PAPERBACK THIS IS THE 2018 EDITION OF JIRBS SGCB Price: $12.00 (list price $18.00)ORDER ALL FOUR YEARS - 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2018 SGCB Price: $40.00 (list price $70.00) |
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 click for details | | REFORMED DOGMATICS: Volume 2- God and Creation Herman Bavinck, John Bolt, ed.; John Vriend, translator "Like Augustine, Calvin, and Edwards, Bavinck was a man of giant mind, vast learning, ageless wisdom, and great expository skill, and to have these volumes now in full English is a wonderful enrichment. Solid but lucid, demanding but satisfying, broad and deep and sharp and stabilizing, Bavinck's magisterial 'Reformed Dogmatics' remains after a century the supreme acievement of its kind." - J.I. Packer "Pastors and theologians will welcome the historic first complete translation of Herman Bavinck's 'Reformed Dogmatics' . . . This masterful theological work is now available to passionate students of theology." - R. Albert Mohler SPECIAL OFFER ON VOLUMES ALL FOUR TOGETHER! BAKER BOOKS HBRD4 Volume 2- God and Creation SGCB Price: $46.95 (list price $68.00)Order the Complete Four-Volume Set SGCB Price: $168.00 (list price $260.00)SAVE $92.00 WHEN ORDERING THE COMPLETE SET |
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 click for details | | REFORMED DOGMATICS: Volume 3 - Sin and Salvation in Christ Herman Bavinck Reformed Dogmatics, vol. 3: Sin and Salvation in Christ Author: Herman Bavinck Edition: Hardcover Price: 67.99 Dimensions: 6 x 9 Number of Pages: 704 Publication Date: Apr. 06 Description: Theologians have long appreciated Herman Bavinck's four-volume masterpiece, Gereformeerde Dogmatiek, for its comprehensive treatment of dogmatic theology. Now, thanks to the Dutch Reformed Translation Society, the third volume of Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics is available in English for the first time. Author Information: Herman Bavinck (1854-1921) succeeded Abraham Kuyper as professor of systematic theology at the Free University in Amsterdam in 1902. John Bolt is professor of systematic theology at Calvin Theological Seminary. The late John Vriend translated many classic theological works. Endorsements: "Bavinck was a man of giant mind, vast learning, ageless wisdom, and great expository skill. Solid but lucid, demanding but satisfying, broad and deep and sharp and stabilizing, Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics remains after a century the supreme achievement of its kind."--J. I. Packer, Regent College "This magisterial work exhibits Bavinck's vast knowledge and appreciation of the Christian tradition. Written from a Reformed perspective, it offers a perceptive critique of modern theology. . . . Recommended."--Library Journal "Pastors and theologians will welcome the historic first complete translation of Herman Bavinck's 'Reformed Dogmatics' . . . This masterful theological work is now available to passionate students of theology." - R. Albert Mohler BAKER BOOKS HBRD4 NOW AVAILABLE SGCB Price: $46.95 (list price $68.00)Order the Complete Four-Volume Set SGCB Price: $168.00 (list price $260.00)SAVE $92.00 WHEN ORDERING THE COMPLETE SET |
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 click for details | | REFORMED DOGMATICS: Volume 4- Holy Spirit, Church, and New Creation Herman Bavinck In partnership with the Dutch Reformed Translation Society, Baker Academic is proud to offer in English for the very first time the fourth and final volume of Herman Bavinck's complete Reformed Dogmatics, now also available as a four-volume set. This volume includes the combined indexes for all four volumes. In addition, editor John Bolt introduces each chapter and has enhanced the footnotes and bibliography. This masterwork will appeal not only to scholars, students, pastors, and laity interested in Reformed theology but also to research and theological libraries. "Bavinck's Dutch masterwork was the Everest of which the textbooks by Louis Berkhof and Auguste Leoerf were foothills and Berkouwer's studies in dogmatics were outliers. Like Augustine, Calvin, and Edwards, Bavinck was a man of giant mind, vast learning, ageless wisdom and great expository skill. Solid but lucid, demanding but satisfying, broad and deep and sharp and stabilizing, Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics remains after a century the supreme achievement of its kind."--J. I. Packer, professor of theology, Regent College "Arguably the most important systematic theology ever produced in the Reformed tradition. I have found it to be the most valuable. English-speaking theology throughout the 20th century until now has been singularly impoverished by not having at its disposal a translation of Bavinck's Dogmatiek in its entirety. The appearance of these volumes will be an incomparable boon for generations of students, pastors, teachers, and others, serving to deepen understanding and enrich reflection in both historical and systematic theology."--Richard B. Gaffin, Jr., professor of biblical and systematic theology, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia BAKER BOOKS HBRD4 NOW AVAILABLE - READY TO SHIP!! SGCB Price: $46.95 (list price $68.00)Order the Complete Four-Volume Set SGCB Price: $168.00 (list price $260.00)SAVE $92.00 WHEN ORDERING THE COMPLETE SET |
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 click for details | | REFORMED DOGMATICS: Abridged in One Volume Herman Bavinck **AS OF OCTOBER 2023, THERE ARE 600 COPIES AVAILABLE OF THIS VOLUME. ORDER NOW. "After bringing Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics to an English-speaking audience, John Bolt has crowned the effort with this abridgment that will surely make the work accessible to a wider audience. This volume is a gift and a treasure."--Michael Horton, Westminster Seminary California Herman Bavinck's four-volume Reformed Dogmatics is one of the most important theological works of the twentieth century. The recently completed English translation has received wide acclaim. Now John Bolt, one of the world's leading experts on Bavinck and editor of Bavinck's four-volume set, has abridged the work in one volume, offering students, pastors, and lay readers an accessible summary of Bavinck's masterwork. This volume presents the core of Bavinck's thought and offers explanatory material, making available to a wider audience some of the finest Dutch Reformed theology ever written. Table of Contents Part I: Prolegomena: Introduction to Dogmatic Theology 1. Dogmatic Theology as a Science 2. The History and Literature of Dogmatic Theology 3. Foundations of Dogmatic Theology 4. Revelation 5. Holy Scripture 6. Faith Part II: The Triune God and Creation 7. Knowing God 8. The Living, Acting God 9. The Triune God and His Counsel 10. Creator of Heaven and Earth Part III: Humanity and Sin 11. The Image of God 12. The Fallen World 13. Sin and Its Consequences Part IV: Christ the Redeemer 14. The Only-Begotten Son of the Father 15. The Servant Savior: Christ's Humiliation 16. The Exalted Lord Christ Part V: The Holy Spirit and Salvation in Christ 17. The Order of Salvation 18. Calling and Regeneration 19. Faith and Conversion 20. Justification, Sanctification, and Perseverance Part VI: The Spirit Creates a New Community 21. The Church as a Spiritual Reality 22. The Spirit's Means of Grace Part VII: The Spirit Makes All Things New 23. The Intermediate State 24. The Return of Christ 25. The Consummation Indexes Endorsements "After bringing Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics to an English-speaking audience, John Bolt has crowned the effort with this abridgment that will surely make the work accessible to a wider audience. For his commanding breadth of learning in biblical, systematic, historical, and philosophical theology as well as the rich depth of his exegetical and doctrinal insights, Bavinck stands out as the most important Reformed theologian of the nineteenth century. With Bolt's footnotes, obscure figures and debates are explained and their contemporary significance noted. This volume is a gift and a treasure, offering us one of the richest veins in the history of dogmatics."--Michael Horton, J. Gresham Machen Professor, Westminster Seminary California "Bavinck was a man of giant mind, vast learning, ageless wisdom, and great expository skill. Solid but lucid, demanding but satisfying, broad and deep and sharp and stabilizing, Bavinck's magisterial Reformed Dogmatics remains after a century the supreme achievement of its kind."--J. I. Packer, Regent College cw3 10/3 rdx HBRD4 ONE VOLUME HARDCOVER - This is now a Print-on-Demand Title with a Lower Discount SGCB Price: $54.95 (list price $70.00)NOW AVAILABLE TO SHIP - 25% DISCOUNT!! |
